Fish scaling, cutting blade glove with attached knife sharpener and flash light

Abstract

A glove for facilitating grasping a fish while scaling, gutting, cleaning, and cutting the fish. The glove has four elongated finger portions and an elongated thumb portion extending from a palm region. A plurality of fish scaling blades is disposed on several outer surface of the glove. The glove is typically formed from a material typically having a roughened texture and is impervious to the fish cleaning by-products such as fish entrails, fish scales, and the like. An opening allows access of a hand of a wearer to a hollow interior portion and to fingers and the thumb. An optional flashlight and/or sharpening stone may be attached to the glove.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A glove for scaling fish comprising,
 a) a hollow body having a central region comprising four elongated, hollow, fingers and a hollow thumb connected to and radiating outwardly there from, hollow portions of said four elongated fingers and said hollow thumb being contiguous with a hollow portion of said hollow body, and an opening to allow access of a hand of a user into said hollow body and said four elongated hollow fingers and said hollow thumb; 
 b) a closure adjacent said opening to snug said glove to a wrist of a wearer thereof; 
 c) a sharpening stone disposed on the back surface of said glove; and 
 d) at least one column of spaced apart fish scaling blades disposed on at least a palm-facing surface of at least one of said four elongated hollow fingers and said hollow thumb, said at least one column of fish scaling blades disposed at a junction of said at least one of said four elongated four elongated hollow fingers and said hollow thumb and extending toward an end thereof. 
 
     
     
       2. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 1 , wherein ones selected from said at least one column of spaced apart fish scaling blades are arranged in at least one row along at least one selected from the group consisting of: at least one of said hollow, elongated fingers, and said hollow thumb, said curvilinear raised portion of adjacent ones of spaced apart scaling blades being aligned substantially parallel to one another. 
     
     
       3. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said at least one column of spaced apart fish scaling blades are arranged in at least two parallel columns in a region selected from the group consisting of: an outer surface of a palm side of said glove, and fish scaling blades are disposed on the back surface of elongated fingers, and said hollow thumb of said glove and the said three blades, involving one elongated arrow shaped centered blade besides two smaller curvilinear raised portion blade on each side of the center blade of adjacent ones of spaced apart scaling blades being aligned substantially parallel to one another. 
     
     
       4. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said sharpening stone is disposed in a region selected from the group consisting of: a central portion of the back surface of a palm side of said glove, and a central portion of an outer surface of a side opposing said palm side of said glove. 
     
     
       5. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said glove is formed from a material that comprises at least one of the properties selected from the group consisting of: insulating, waterproofing, and puncture resisting. 
     
     
       6. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said closure encircles said opening. 
     
     
       7. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 6 , wherein said closure comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of: an elastic band, a hook-and-loop fastening system, and snaps. 
     
     
       8. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 7  wherein said flashlight is disposed proximate said closure. 
     
     
       9. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 1 , further comprising a flashlight affixed to an outer surface of said glove. 
     
     
       10. The glove for scaling fish as recited in  claim 9 , wherein said flashlight is movable along said closure.